River began his journey in Liberators cup with the right foot in strictly sports: he played at a good level, he beat him by 1-0 a Lima Alliance with a goal from Matias Suarez and continues with its soccer rise in search of regularity in time. But the good feelings left by the debut were overshadowed by the serious injury that suffered Robert Rojas after a bestial kick from the Peruvian Aldair Rodriguez: the studies carried out in Peru confirm that the defender suffered tibia and fibula fractures Rights.
At 41 minutes into the second half, after a long outing by Alianza Lima, Rojas covered the ball with his body and, as he fell and before being able to pass back to Jonatan Maidanawho was waiting attentively, was kicked from behind by Rodríguez, with a excessive violence, which automatically left the Paraguayan lying in pain. Interestingly, the referee Wilmar Roldan showed the striker the yellow card; then, seeing the right leg of the Paraguayan and observing the reactions of his teammates and his rivals, who took their heads, decided to kick him out.
Aldair Rodríguez’s kick to Rojas
The fracture was displacedand the doctors of the millionaire coaching staff they accommodated his leg on the field of play itself. As River no longer had any substitution windows available 41 minutes into the second half, Rojas was taken off the field on a stretcher and went directly to the locker room, without being replaced. There they placed a splint on him and he was taken by ambulance to a hospital, to be exposed to tests, which would confirm what had been diagnosed from the beginning, the aforementioned fractures of the tibia and fibula.
The picture is not encouraging: Rojas will have between three and four months of recoverydepending on the movement in the area and the result of the operation, whose date will be decided once the right side marker is back in Buenos Aires.
Lima Alliance Compact 0 vs. River 1
“We are left with a bitter taste due to the injury of Robert Rojas. He’s going to need a good recovery time. Although he is strong and will return well, it is a sadness. On the stretcher I tried to calm him down. It is a time to be serene, ”he said at the press conference. Marcelo Gallardo, that when the defender was removed from the field he approached him to encourage him with a few claps and a few words. In turn, River’s Twitter account published a photo of the Paraguayan with the phrase “Strength, Robert!”.
Late in the Argentine morning, it was surprising presence of Aldair Rodríguez in the hotel where the River Plate team was staying. The striker went to the hospital, where Rojas was not at the time, and then went to the visiting team’s concentration camp. To apologize to Rojas.
“I am very sad because of the situation that my professional colleague is experiencing. she was a random play in a dispute over the ball. I had no bad intention. I have come to apologize to you personally and I am very sorry because of the situation,” the Alianza Lima soccer player told ESPN, at the hotel. “I respect the point of view of journalists,” he said, after media criticism for the violent kick.
Rodríguez’s word at the hotel
And he explained in detail the action according to his point of view: “I had my back [Rojas], but I did not go with the plank or lift my foot excessively, much less recklessly. Perhaps with a little force, but unfortunately this accident occurred. So I have come to apologize. I was surprised because I didn’t see him on the pitch. I don’t know when it happened. I went to catch a ball downstairs, I didn’t lift my foot. These are things that can happen, we are exposed and that is why I came to show my face and apologize to him and his family, who must be worried”.
Shortly afterward, Rodríguez climbed into the building. It is interpreted that people from River received him at the establishment.
Support from José Luis Chilavert to Rojas